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Salomon BBR Sunlite (2013)

BBR Sunlite

Salomon

2013

price$750

YEAR2012/2013

WAIST WIDTH79mm

TIP/TAIL/WAIST133-79-98

LEVELAdvanced

LENGTHS149, 159, 169

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One of the most distinctive shapes to come along in recent past, the BBR is the brainchild of Bertrand Krafft (Beber to his friends, or BBR for short.) Krafft is the venerated Salomon designer who also gave the world Pocket Rockets and X-Screams. Instead of using a traditional X-shape, Krafft designed the BBR to be like a V, with a surfboard-shaped tip, narrow waist and pintail. Krafft's vision behind the ski was to create a product for everyone and everything a ski that embraces the real-world conditions, not just untracked powder. With its radical sidecut, the BBR claims to carve on hard snow, while its broad shovel/tip should gives it a measure of float on powder days. The new Sunlite is designed for all-mountain expert women who ski all over the mountain. A foam core with 20 percent less weight than wood promises to make it forgiving, and a bamboo layer should add rebound and liveliness.